Darkness and Light – the electricity crisis in South Africa
David Fig
At a time of serious energy mismanagement, and with the Cabinet approving a nuclear policy without any independent evaluation of the state company Eskom’s proposals, South Africans need to question the orthodoxy that only coal and uranium can deliver the requisite power needs of the country.

The Future of Mexico’s Oil: social action to stop the energy grab
Manuel Perez-Rocha
Despite the efforts of a national oligarchy intent on handing the remains of Mexico´s riches over to transnational capital, Mexico is experiencing a lively debate on the future of the country’s oil.

The Rise of Food Fascism: Allied to global agribusiness, agrarian elite foments coup in Bolivia
Roger Burbach
The powerful agrarian interests in Santa Cruz, nurtured and developed in the 1980s by the multinational corporations in conjunction with the World Bank and the IMF, are sabotaging the central government of Evo Morales.

Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform: International Perspective
Saturnino M. Borras Jr.
The most comprehensive and thorough critique of neoliberal land policies, this book aims to broaden the discussion by focusing on international political, policy and theoretical debates that are relevant to the study of agrarian issues in the Philippines.

Destruyendo la agricultura africana
Walden Bello
La producción de biocombustibles es ciertamente uno de los culpables de la actual crisis global de alimentos, pero el problema primordial ha sido la conversión de economías en su mayor parte autosuficientes en el sector alimentario en importadoras crónicas de alimentos. En este tema, el Banco Mundial, el FMI y la OMC figuran como los principales villanos.

Uruguay: un gobierno y proyectos políticos en disputa
Daniel Chavez
El desenlace del actual debate político sobre los objetivos y perspectivas de la actual gestión progresista del Frente Amplio uruguayo podría estar marcando el rumbo a seguir por la izquierda latinoamericana en su conjunto.